I am pretty sure a fly cannot reach the momentum it would take to fly head on and impale itself on a cactus needle…Clearly the fly had been drinking. Next on the internet: Bugs impailed by cacti. [Cheers reddit]
Tag Archives: fly
Jet Man Flies in Formation with Two Jets over Swiss Alps
This is amazing footage of the self-styled ‘Jet Man’, Yves Rossy, who flew in a custom-built jet suit, alongside two Albatross jets over the Swiss Alps. The custom built flight suit weighs almost 55kg, has a wing span of two metres and four engines, and can exceed speeds of 200km/h. He has also previously soared
Your Fly is Open – Brilliant Halloween Costume
Very creepy and disturbing, nailed it…I can’t decide which is better. [Cheers imgur]
The Future of Airplane Cabin Design makes me want to fly again
Want to take a look at what suppliers are doing to improve your flying experience? With the cost of flying soaring and very little in the way of change to the interior of planes over the past 25 years, the Aircraft Interiors Expo is the launch pad for cabin programmes showcasing tomorrow’s designs, in-flight entertainment,
Meat Eating Table, Clock and Lamp – Humans could be next
Put away your mouse traps and fly swatter, James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau, have come up with concepts for furniture that double as pest-control devices. Using some innovative fuel cell technology to turn animals into energy, carnivorous clocks and mouse-eating coffee tables may just be a staple in future households. But what about Muffy the
The impervious to Damage Chase 2053 Hovercar – Simply Stunning
The year 2053 is already marked down on my calendar cause I am getting the first one that comes off the assembly line. From the mind of Thomas Larson Roed, the Chase 2053’s core is dynamically skinned with carbon nanotubes, providing extreme strengths in the preferred directions, while the skin is a combination of stretch
A Swarm of Quadrotors unite to build a Structure
Watch how these quadrotors at UPenn’s GRASP laboratory build a structure. It’s interesting to speculate how this technology might grow out of the lab into the real world… To build actual buildings, you might need slightly much bigger quadrotors or thousands of small quadrotors cooperating in big pieces. They’re like angry robotic wasps! There’s going
